FM Townes

[grave00]

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Interesting enough to pick up working system for $50?

[Muirium]

Apparently the Towns was the place to be for a lot of 90s Japanese gaming. It was Fujitsu's not-quite-compatible PC. They basically pulled off what IBM had wanted all along: a DOS and Windows based closed platform where your only choice was their machines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_Towns

Nice to actually see the keyboard for a change. Looks good and spherical!

The console version (!) is one of the most expensive consoles money can buy, nowadays:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_Towns_Marty

A legend for its beat 'em ups and such, I've heard. Oh Japan.

[Findecanor]

I would say that it is likely that the keyboard has Fujitsu leaf spring with very light actuation.

[Icarium]

You can get one for 50? I would be all over that. :p

[HaaTa]

Likely NKRO. Has a stupidly hard to find connector. But I managed to get some.

[bhtooefr]

I'd say for $50, it's worth it. Even though x86 stuff doesn't usually interest me much as far as collecting.